Quantitative sensory testing
Prognostic value of quantitative sensory testing in low back pain: a systematic review of the literature
... Abstract: Quantitative sensory testing (QST) measures have recently been shown to predict outcomes in various musculoskeletal and pain conditions. The aim of this systematic review was to summarize ...
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How stable are quantitative sensory testing measurements over time? Report on 10-week reliability and agreement of results in healthy volunteers
... QST, quantitative sensory testing; N, number of participants; CDT, cold detection threshold; WDT, warm detection threshold; TSL, thermal sensory limen; CPT, cold pain threshold; HPT, heat pain ...
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Sensory functions in the foot soles in victims of generalized torture, in victims also beaten under the feet (falanga) and in healthy controls – A blinded study using quantitative sensory testing
... quantifying sensory impair- ments in the feet of two groups of torture victims, all re- ferred for treatment at the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims in Copenhagen, ...employed ...
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Quantitative sensory testing with Electronic von Frey Anesthesiometer and von Frey filaments in nonpainful cats: a pilot study
... TITLE: Quantitative sensory testing with Electronic von Frey Anesthesiometer and von Frey filaments in nonpainful cats: a pilot study.. AUTHORS: Hanna Machin, Eriko Kato, Chiara Adami8[r] ...
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Quantitative sensory testing measures individual pain responses in emergency department patients
... several quantitative sensory testing (QST) measures from the literature into a battery for com- paring individual sensory thresholds and responses to fixed painful stimuli in ED ...
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Thermal and mechanical quantitative sensory testing in chinese patients with burning mouth syndrome – a probable neuropathic pain condition?
... As a reliable, non-invasive psychophysical tool for evalu- ating the conscious perception of different standardized stimuli, quantitative sensory testing (QST) has been used to investigate small and ...
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Quantitative sensory testing in physically active individuals and patients who underwent multidisciplinary pain therapy in the longitudinal course
... fashion, quantitative sensory testing (QST) has been ...of sensory functions can be evaluated, along with hyperalgesia, allodynia and ...
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Thermal quantitative sensory testing in healthy Dutch children and adolescents standardized test paradigm and Dutch reference values
... Two other studies have provided protocols and refer- ence values for thermal quantitative sensory testing in children with the use of the TSA-II [7, 17]. The differ- ences between their protocols and ...
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Inter- and intra-observer reliability of quantitative sensory testing performed with the SMall animal ALGOmeter (SMALGO) to evaluate pain associated with feline gingivostomatitis
... TITLE: Inter- and intra-observer reliability of quantitative sensory testing performed with the SMall animal ALGOmeter (SMALGO) to evaluate pain associated with feline gingivostomatitis[r] ...
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Quantitative sensory testing is feasible and is well-tolerated in patients with sickle cell disease following a vaso-occlusive episode
... adjunctive medications for pain, suggesting they had features of chronic pain, steady-state testing was completed when they self-reported that they were experiencing baseline pain levels. Patients were offered ...
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Pain hypersensitivity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a quantitative sensory testing study
... and sensory perception of all stimulus modalities compared to healthy ...thermal testing in the JIA patients was conducted with a smaller thermode test area ...as sensory detection hyposensitivity ...
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Pain when walking: individual sensory profiles in the foot soles of torture victims - a controlled study using quantitative sensory testing
... A further analysis, re-arranging the data according to: 1) the occurrence of deep hyperalgesia, 2) pain when walking and 3) type of foot pain, more clearly illustrates that this change of sensory transmission was ...
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Altered somatosensory profile according to quantitative sensory testing in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorders scheduled for surgery
... of sensory function in current study. Similar result with loss of sensory function pre-surgery has previous been presented in patients with disc herniation [11], that study also reported that complete ...
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The quantitative sensory testing is an efficient objective method for assessment of nerve injury
... peripheral sensory nerve, is an objective test for the presence of lesions and degree of somatosensory conduction in the peripheral and central nervous system ...large-fiber sensory tracts in the central ...
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<p>Thermal and mechanical quantitative sensory testing values among healthy African American adults</p>
... accurate testing of the detection threshold and pain thresh- old, the fi lament was placed perpendicular to the area being tested and pressure applied until the fi lament showed an “ s-shaped ” bending ...
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Evaluation of the anesthetic effect of epinephrine-free articaine and mepivacaine through quantitative sensory testing
... of testing pulp sensitivity of the anesthetized tooth showed significant differences between the two local anesthetics at three points of ...the testing period, while this point was reached earlier using ...
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Local effects of acupuncture on the median and ulnar nerves in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a pilot mechanistic study protocol
... and quantitative sensory testing (QST) to assess for any local, nerve-specific effect of three acupuncture modalities on two anatomically distinct nerves in the forearm — the median and ulnar nerves ...
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The impact of anxiety and catastrophizing on interleukin-6 responses to acute painful stress
... of Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) procedures assessing responses to mechanical and thermal stimuli during two separate visits, in a randomized ...
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Quantitative sensory testingReport of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology
... of quantitative sensory testing ...fiber sensory abnormalities in patients with diabetic neuropathy, small fiber neuropathies, uremic neuropathies, and demyelinating ...measuring ...
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Enhanced sensitivity to punctate painful stimuli in female patients with chronic low back pain
... CLBP is associated with several pathophysiological changes at various level of the sensorimotor system. At the cortical level, CLBP is associated with functional reorganization in somatosensory and motor regions [4-9]. ...
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